ex11, plotting and Cairo ...

[Vlad Dumitrescu]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jouni Rynö" <Jouni.Ryno@REDACTED>
> We could have the cairo model on top of ex11 with some extensions. Like
> adding the item tags. And keeping a list of item enclosures. Then a
> click point to the canvas would be send through the item list. To see if
> any item under the mouse is interested. Something like that must already
> happen under the Tk-hood.

I have the very basics of such an event handling system, modeled after the 
QNX Photon library. If there is interest, I can make it available for 
inspiration.

One basic question is also: will these items or regions be active objects? 
There are pros and cons with both alternatives.

/Vlad